Regular local school district · Stanly County
Stanly County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Stanly County Schools runs 23 public schools with 8,743 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 8,743
- Teachers (FTE)
- 570
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 723 Aquadale Rd, Albemarle, NC 28001
- Phone
- (704)961-3000
- County
- Stanly County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704320
- State district ID
- NC-840
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 437 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (8,272), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $89.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.5 million
- State revenue
- $59.0 million
- Local revenue
- $16.5 million
- Total spending
- $86.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,412
- Salaries
- $46.8 million54.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 66.3%
- Local: 18.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,412
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Stanly County Schools
By level: 7 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albemarle High | High | 9 to 12 | 414 | 13.8 |
| Albemarle Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 355 | 14.8 |
| Aquadale Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 379 | 13.1 |
| Badin Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 411 | 14.7 |
| Central Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 525 | 13.8 |
| East Albemarle Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 261 | 13.7 |
| Endy Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 360 | 13.3 |
| Locust Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 563 | 16.1 |
| Millingport Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 192 | 13.7 |
| North Stanly High | High | 9 to 12 | 568 | 15.8 |
| North Stanly Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 471 | 16.8 |
| Norwood Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 354 | 15.4 |
| Oakboro Choice STEM | Elementary | K to 8 | 353 | 14.1 |
| Richfield Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 302 | 14.4 |
| South Stanly High | High | 9 to 12 | 442 | 16.4 |
| South Stanly Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 402 | 17.5 |
| Stanfield Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 483 | 13.8 |
| Stanly Academy Learning Center | High | 8 to 12 | 13 | |
| Stanly County Virtual Education | Other | 1 to 12 | 56 | |
| Stanly Early College High | High | 9 to 13 | 188 | 23.5 |
| Stanly STEM Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 189 | 31.5 |
| West Stanly High | High | 9 to 12 | 800 | 18.2 |
| West Stanly Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 662 | 17.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stanly County
- Gray Stone Day School 728 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.